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Where Does The Last Name Yakub Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yakub (Arabic: ياكوب, Bengali: ইয়াকুব, Hindi: याकूब, Marathi: याकुब, Oriya: ୟାକୁବ, Russian: Якуб, Tibetan: ཡ་ཀུབ་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yakub.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakub? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 7,282^nd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 93,544 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Yakub are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakub is also the 8,144^th most frequent first name globally, held by 127,731 people.

Yakub is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26,910 people, or 1 in 6,583. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kwara, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Kano, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.

Yakub Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Yakub surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus, Muslim (94%) in Kenya, Muslim (88%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Yakub surname are 5.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yakub earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 14.77% less than the national average, earning R 202,536 per year; in United States they earn 30.51% more than the national average, earning $56,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.8% more than the national average, earning $51,572 CAD per year.